SHORT ANSWER: NO, at least not yet. There have been no cases reported in the Upper Peninsula or in Michigan. And in the United States, the only cases reported so far have shown a direct connection to China. However, a new case was reported just yesterday (Thursday) in which the source of the virus has not been determined ... Continue Reading
Shingles Vaccine Still Scarce
IT'S SOMETHING ALL of us over fifty are supposed to get...and yet most of us can't. Not in Marquette County, or elsewhere in the U.S. The new shingles vaccine, Shingrix--a series of two shots--is remarkably effective in preventing the painful disease, but the pharmaceutical company producing the vaccine can't make it ... Continue Reading